Metro News Release
For immediate release: January 22, 2013
Normal service restored at Ballston Station
Update 4:25 p.m.
Orange Line trains have resumed service at Ballston Station. The fire department responded and extinguished smoldering debris inside a vent shaft. There was no fire within the station.
*** ORIGINAL RELEASE FOLLOWS ***
As of 4:10 p.m. Orange Line trains are bypassing Ballston Station due to a report of smoke from a vent grate at street level. There is no reported fire within the station. The fire department is on scene.
Customers can walk to/from Virginia Square station, which is about a half mile away. Shuttle bus service is being established between Ballston and Virginia Square.
An update will follow.
News release issued at 4:16 pm, January 22, 2013.